ang former pet blog ng pamilyang hamster

In the Tagalog (PHILIPPINES) vernacular, we have this idiomatic expression “mas mahirap pa kaysa sa dagâ” — or simply

“MAHIRAP PA SA DAGA”

which in English means poorer than a mouse or a rat. It is used to describe an extreme condition of poverty — really miserable! ‘Dagâ’ here refers to the common house rat or mouse.

Hamsters are not native to, and were introduced quite recently in the Philippines; maybe that is why we still have no popular or local name for them. Rabbits we call “kuneho” and guinea pigs we call “dagang kosta”(?). But when referring to hamsters (or any other rodents for that matter) we simply say “dagâ”, just like we do to refer to their distant relatives (mouse or rat).

If you think this term is inappropriate for hamsters, okey… you may call them “imported na dagâ” (or “Hamtaro” sa mga bata). O e di dagâ pa rin, `di ba? imported nga lang… But obviously, unlike their ‘poor’ cousins, hamsters are well-taken cared for… they are the dagâ na mas

“MAYAMAN PA SA DAGA”

To make the long story short, this blog records my hamsters’ “chronicles”, from their departed ancestors to the present living generations…

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